[Mono-list] Calling a constructor from within another's code

[Francisco M. Marzoa]

Hello,

I know you can call a base class constructor using ": base" after the
new constructor signature. I.e.:

public class A
{
    int i;
    public A (int _i)
    {
        i=_i;
    }
}

public class B : A
{
    public B (int a, int b) : base (a+b) // Calls A constructor with _i
as _a+_b
    {
    }
}

But what happens if you should made some more complicated that cannot be
done in that way???

For example:

public class C : B
{
    public C ()
    {
        MyDataStruct data = GetDataFromTheDatabase ();
        base ( data.a, data.b ); // This will not work, indeed, but
illustrates the idea...
    }
}

This is a question more focused on C# than in mono itself, but I hope
not to disturb no one doing it here since the list has not very high trafic.

Best regards,